-=> Quoting Dave Appel to T Owen <=-
 -> DA> Ok, so suppose someone carries 15 rounds of Glasers in a DA>
 -> crunchenticker. That's $30.  They cycle their ammo every 6 months in
 -> DA> case it may have absorbed any oil.  That's $60 per year.  In 5
 -> years DA> they've spent $300 on just CARRY ammo, not counting any
 -> practice (other DA> than cycling the carry ammo).  So yeah, that's
 -> more than some DA> guns cost.
 
 -> Yes, but I use the cycled rounds to test their effect on different
 -> target objects, so i'm getting something out of them, at least. I do
 -> agree that those rounds are expensive, but I feel that it's
 -> disrespectful to shoot someone with cheap ammo.  Take care.
 DA> I can envision are Monty Python-esque sketch.
 DA> Bad guy: You shot me!
 DA> Good guy:  Yeah! So why didn't you fall down?
 DA> Bad guy:  Because, you ninny, your silly bullet didn't expand.
 DA> But seriously, I've tested all sorts of bullets in wet newspaper. The
 DA> difference between a normal Remington 185 gr JHP in factory loaded
 DA> .45acp (at 1000 feet/sec), or a Winchester 185 gr Silvertip
 DA> hollowpoint factory bullet and the expensive $.75 per bullet "premium"
 DA> ammo such as SXT, Golden Saber, Gold Dot, Hydra-shok, is minimal to
 DA> non-existant. 
 
I know. Wet newspaper is pretty good, and salt pork is a good medium,
but there is no substitute for the real thing. Ballistic gelatin is OK,
but not really indicative of true wounding. All of the premium bullets
are very effective, but I just love the Glasers; they tend to turn the 
medium inside-out, and it seems to me that their construction tends not
to bounce off hard objects as readily, which is good when we are in the
presence of others. I guess I just love the Glasers, although there are
lots of great rounds out there. What do you reccomend for self defense?
Take care.
... If the people don't enforce the Constitution, who will?
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